Chapter 953: Chapter 521: The Promising Side Chapter 953: Chapter 521: The Promising Side “Congratulations, Mr. Wu Wei. As the first representative elected by the people, I hope you will fully perform your commendatory role and lead us toward the Starry Sea.”

To select an appropriate leader, players continuously engaged in various actions. Eventually, a special organization emerged that coordinated almost all major guilds, named the Nuclear Bomb Task Force.

Apart from a chief commander (mascot), there was also a deputy commander and numerous group commanders from various guild guilds.

On his way to the headquarters, Wu Wei heard the organizational structure described by the staff and felt overwhelmed.

“Don’t you guys have jobs? Can you earn a living by just playing games every day?”

“Yes,” a staff member confidently said, “‘Nebula’ is currently very popular, so there are many sponsors for this game. Many famous players have sponsors. As long as someone has a bit of fame, many people invest, and they just need to occasionally promote products in their live streams. Additionally, many new live-streaming platforms are using ‘Nebula’ as a new entrepreneurial opportunity, and various live-streaming incentives are quite generous.”

“Is that so?” Wu Wei was shocked. “Is the recent capital market so idle?”

“Capital doesn’t stay idle. Once there’s an opportunity, it keeps looking to multiply. Making them stay put is harder than killing them. And recently, there aren’t many hot spots. But most people believe ‘Nebula’ is definitely one of them.”

Looking at the earnestly speaking staff member–unlucky, Wu Wei curiously asked, “May I know who you are?”

“Just an ordinary finance major graduate student, currently interning with my boss.”

Hearing this, Wu Wei showed his respect.

Look at them, even while playing games, they are studying.

Unlike himself, who only knew about games when he should have been studying.

Before long, they finally met the game’s deputy commander, who was unlucky’s boss.

In the game, his ID was Boss, but unlike his domineering ID, he seemed quite amiable.

Moreover, what surprised Wu Wei was this doctoral advisor’s age–he appeared very young.

Though it might also be because the character was well-designed, Wu Wei felt that he was probably dealing with someone about his own age.

Upon seeing Wu Wei enter, the Boss shook his hand amicably and then said, “Welcome, our mascot.”

“Boss, isn’t it a bit bad to say that?” unlucky weakly pointed out, “Who calls someone a mascot right from the start?”

“Well, now you have,” Boss said nonchalantly, “After all, I am also a mascot. The actual power still resides with the guild leaders.”

“Boss, be careful with your words! They are our sponsors! Speaking ill of our financial backers isn’t nice, right?”

“As long as I get the job done, they’ll thank us.”

Watching the back-and-forth that resembled a comedy duo, Wu Wei found the two quite amusing.

After the comedic exchange, the Boss then told Wu Wei, “Just like you see, you and I are just two cogs in this huge organization. You are the mascot, and I’m more like the steward. So, we just need to play the game with a sense of fun and maybe even get a few papers out of it.”

“Boss, how are you thinking about writing papers while playing games?” Wu Wei felt even more confused.

“Isn’t it very normal to write papers while playing games? Who plays a game without writing some papers?” Boss looked even more surprised than Wu Wei, leaving him speechless.

Looking at the Boss, Wu Wei thought he was also a bit crazy.

Then, waving his hand, the Boss told Wu Wei, “I don’t care what you do. I was hired by the financial backers to keep the accounts and provide economic advice only. So, it doesn’t really matter to me if you guys fight. I’ll support whoever wins.”

“Is it really okay to be so frank?”

With a light chuckle, the Boss said indifferently, “At my level, being a bit more frank doesn’t matter. You know, I studied for many years just so I could confidently dismiss fools.”

Unlucky, standing by, wore a look of despair, seemingly questioning why he continued his studies under this person and why he had come to play the game with him.

Can I join an NPC faction in this game and fire at this idiot?

Despite his character flaws, the Boss was indeed an excellent deputy commander.

He organized a current inventory list for Wu Wei, listing various supplies that left Wu Wei astonished.

“Individual, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand…”
“No need to count, all the supplies here are counted by the least unit of trillions. After all, this is virtually all the players’ collected materials, so it’s normal to have this much.”

“How do you see the material data here?”

The Boss pointed to the sky and said, “Of course, by consuming Virtue. Some players gain great power assistance by using Virtue, then release the ability to view the resources. This is also one of the charms of ‘Nebula.’ Players can specify some game mechanics through Virtue, and some settings might only change on a small scale, but accumulating them is enough to cause significant changes to the game.”

Wu Wei nodded, understanding this was the biggest charm of “Nebula.”

Players were not just participants in the game; they were also rule-makers. The existence of the Virtue System allowed players to change the basic gameplay and made them co-designers of this vast game.

Wu Wei didn’t know if this was deliberately done by Fang Cheng Studio or just accidental, but in his view, it was a very interesting attempt and something only Fang Cheng Studio could pull off.

As the game progressed, once players amassed enough Virtue, the game might completely morph to reflect the player’s form, giving the development of the game an almost epic feel.

Meanwhile, some players also felt this function closely resembled the powers of the Evil God in the game, and many “Heresy Scholars” had already begun pondering the correlations, generating numerous intriguing perspectives.

Following the Boss’s explanation, Wu Wei realized that the guilds had many integrated functions for acquiring nuclear bombs.

Through various well-known players burning Virtue for wishes, they had obtained a large amount of game data and integrated it here.

This feeling was like playing a game fully loaded with player-made mods, making everything clearer and more understandable.

After reviewing the data, Wu Wei asked in confusion, “So, what can I do?”

“Sign,” the boss replied. “Your only job is to sign on various documents.”

“…And if something goes wrong…”

“They’ll pin everything on you, then pay to get you smeared all over the trending searches, and later pick a new proxy.”

Looking at the straightforward boss, Wu Wei understood why unlucky didn’t fancy this guy.

Sighing, Wu Wei realized that consulting Xiemen Waidao about this matter before coming here was indeed the right move.

He knew he wasn’t smart, and he understood his execution ability wasn’t strong.

But he knew it was best to leave professional matters to professionals; leaving these small tricks for Xiemen Waidao to handle was absolutely suitable.

Fiddling with a pen, Wu Wei casually asked, “I’d like to bring two people in, is that okay?”

“That’s fine, though it probably just means two more people will get smeared online.”

“No problem, as long as they’re in. One’s Black Tech and the other, Chen Rang.”

“Ah, those two…”

The boss looked at Wu Wei with interest, noticing that the player chosen as a mascot was not simple.

After all, both were quite famous figures; one was also a part of the capital, and the other was a game reporter with a powerful pen.

Having these two on board meant anyone wanting to pin the blame on Wu Wei would have to think twice, and some issues definitely needed his opinion.

But what surprised the boss was not just that.

After confirming these two could be brought in, Wu Wei asked again, “I want to know something, can you contact the other guild leaders?”

“I can. Rather, I am their representative; you can report any issues to me, and I will indeed convey the situations here to them.”

“That’s good, I make a wish.”

When Wu Wei said these words, the atmosphere around shifted.

The room’s lights suddenly dimmed, a mysterious presence was summoned and descended here.

Due to the “Nebula” Virtue System, almost all games from Fang Cheng Studio were interconnected, and almost every game could earn virtues, which could be used here.

However, different games had different efficiencies in earning virtues; some games had exceptionally high efficiency, and players completing the game content for the first time earned even more virtues.

Fortuitously, in the “God of Cookery” game, Wu Wei had received the first title of “Food God.”

Although other players had subsequently received this title too, as the first to earn this honor, Wu Wei had amassed a staggering amount of virtues.

Thus, as he burned all his virtues to make his wish, the boss could sense the anomaly and realized the scale of Wu Wei’s wish was immense.

He didn’t know how much virtue Wu Wei had spent; he only knew the abnormality that occurred during this wish was unprecedented.

After all, guild leaders from the nuclear special group had conducted many such rituals, but never on this scale.

It wasn’t just here; the nearby sky also darkened, the light from this planet was stolen, and these lights in the air condensed, forming a colossal shadow.

Though it was only a shadow, some quickly noticed it seemed to be special effects made by Fang Cheng, the boss of Fang Cheng Studio.

Realizing the enormity of the shadow, players immediately sensed that someone had used virtues powerful enough to summon the ultimate boss, stirring curiosity about what wish would be made.

After all, the shadow looked too cool not to correspond to an extraordinary wish.

As the person making the wish, Wu Wei was actually a bit nervous.

While he took deep breaths to psych himself up, he heard a voice near his ear, “What do you want?”

Exhaling deeply, Wu Wei said, “One wish.”

“What wish?”

“I hope that in a critical moment, all guild leaders from the nuclear special group can unconditionally obey an order from me once, and this order cannot be misinterpreted, misunderstood, or ignored and must be executed to the letter.”

“That is a good wish, I can fulfill it.”

Subsequently, Fang Cheng left.

In fact, without the boss acting as a conduit, everyone heard Wu Wei’s wish and knew the restriction Wu Wei had put on the guild leaders.

The target of the wish was only the guild leaders, specifically those in the special group.

Since the scope wasn’t large, its effect could be powerful–unconditional command was one of them.

This command could be a condition to check the guild leaders, unsure of when Wu Wei might issue this command, causing them not to dare act recklessly.

And the boss, watching Wu Wei, sincerely said, “Now, I feel it’s more promising to follow you.”